Today’s Entrepreneur is Otto Hilska, CEO and founder of Flowdock. Flowdock is a collaboration tool for technical teams – Team Inbox with Chat. Flowdock was also the winner of our Vator Splash SF competition in February.
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I am a(n):
Entrepreneur
Companies I’ve founded or co-founded:
Nodeta, Flowdock
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to change the world.
My favorite startups:
Facebook, GitHub, Zendesk, 10gen, Ovelin
What’s the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Taking too long to validate crucial parts of the business model.
What are the top three lessons you’ve learned as an entrepreneur?
– Your initial assumptions are wrong, validate them.
– Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
– Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
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